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Council approves 22-unit West Side Flats after heated neighbor testimony; conditions include screening, landscaping and council review
Summary
City Council approved a 22-unit, four-story affordable apartment project on Van Buren Avenue in the historic West Side. Neighbors raised privacy, sunlight and density concerns; council attached conditions including landscape screening, louvers and a 6-foot wall, and reserved a return if plans change.
The City Council voted April 16 to approve a four-story, 22-unit multifamily development on the northwest corner of Van Buren Avenue and F Street, a site in the historic West Side that has sat vacant for decades.
The nut graf: The project — proposed by Oikos Development and sited on about 0.33 acres — will provide 22 affordable units (five 1-bedroom, 12 two-bedroom and five three-bedroom units). Council approval came with conditions addressing neighbor privacy, buffering and required follow-up reviews; opponents said the scale and proximity would harm sunlight, privacy and property values.
Attorney Bob Groenauer and developer Chico Clark told the council the project is an infill development intended to add affordable housing stock and catalytic investment…
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